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Polygenic Risk Scores for 10 Diseases

Polygenic risk scores for 10 diseases
“From an initial list of 23 conditions, ten were selected for implementation based on PRS [MORE]

Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography Images Identify Links between Ocular and Systemic Health

Eyes provide window into many diseases
“Researchers {at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Clinic and Harvard University] have found that the [MORE]

Embedded Nano-Sensor in Cardio Stem Cells

Tissue-embedded stretchable nanoelectronics reveal endothelial cell–mediated electrical maturation of human 3D cardiac microtissues
“Generation of electrically matured human induced pluripotent stem [MORE]

Migraine, Heart Disease, and Hypertension: Three Ailments for the Price of One Gene

Broad scientists show how 1 bad gene takes a toll on 5 vascular diseases
Immunologists, among others, know that a single [MORE]

What We Have in Common with Slime Molds

Mechanosensation mediates decisions in aneural organism
Physarum polycephalum, an acellular slime mold, does not have a brain, but is capable of [MORE]

Safer Viral Vectors

George Church launches gene therapy startup to design safer viral vectors
A bioengineering team at Harvard “has developed a way to [MORE]

A Paintable Phosphorescent Bandage for Postoperative Tissue Oxygen Assessment

Paintable phosphorescent bandage helps wound assessment
Photomedicine researchers at Harvard report “results of a clinical trial using a previously untried paintable [MORE]

Machine Learning the Viability of Stored Red Blood Cells

Machine learning identifies quality of stored blood
An international research collaboration describe means to automatically assess the quality of stored red [MORE]

Medically Induced Coma vs. Suspended Animation

Induced suspended animation
When you are sitting around the lab between major projects, give some thought to a bizarre thought: how [MORE]

Restoring Hearing Loss from a Genetic Mutation (Mice)

Base editing for restoring hearing in mice
From Harvard researchers:  “[We] used base editing methods to treat a mouse model of [MORE]

Imaging Tumors below the Skin

MIcro OCT imagery
American and Chinese scientists have developed “a prototype device capable of imaging through tissues at resolutions down to [MORE]

Nearly 46 Million Genes in the Human Microbiome

Ratio of singleton vs. non-singleton bacteria in human microbiome
The human genome comprises about 20,000 genes, but that pales by comparison [MORE]

“Swift” Method for 3D Printing of Organs

SWIFT cardiac tissue cross section
Once again, the bioengineers at the Wyss Institute live up to their motto of “biologically inspired [MORE]

“Cyborg Organoids”

 
Cyborg organoid
Harvard bioengineers have created cyborg mini organoids from culturing stem cells on a flexible, stretchable electronic mesh imbedded with [MORE]